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Twilight Derby

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Inaugurated
  
1969

Surface
  
Turf

Website
  
Santa Anita Park

Purse
  
200,000 USD (2014–)

Location
  
Santa Anita Park Arcadia, California, United States

Race type
  
Thoroughbred - Flat racing

Distance
  
1 ⁄8 miles (9 furlongs)

Twilight derby gr ii friday november 4 2016


The Twilight Derby is a race for thoroughbred horses run at Santa Anita Park during the fall meet each year. The Grade IIT event is open to three-year-old horses willing to race  1 1⁄8 miles on the turf and offers a purse of $200,000.

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The Twilight Derby was inaugurated in 1969 as the Volante Handicap, and was named for Lucky Baldwin's 1885 American Derby winner, Volante, who was rode to the finish line by jockey Isaac Burns Murphy. In 1997 the Volante Handicap was renamed the Oak Tree Derby after the Oak Tree Racing Association. It was run on the undercard of the Saturday Breeders' Cup card in 2008, 2009 and 2016. In 2010, the race was run at Hollywood Park.

Race replay 2015 twilight derby at santa anita


Records

Time record:

  • 1:44.48 - The Usual Q.T. (2009)

    • Most wins by an owner:

  • 2 - Charles E. Whittingham (1977, 1979)

    • Most wins by a jockey:

  • 5 - Bill Shoemaker (1969, 1970, 1974, 1977, 1979)
  • 5 - Alex Solis (1985, 1992, 1997, 2000, 2002)

    • Most wins by a trainer:

  • 5 - Charles E. Whittingham (1969, 1974, 1977, 1979, 1989)

    • References

    Twilight Derby Wikipedia
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